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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1951

2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 105

Maitland Court Before Mr. V. R. Jenkins, J.p

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 6

TRAFFIC CHARGES.—John Henry Ede, 36, labourer, of Ford-street, Muswellbrook, was charged with having at Maitland on March 12 driven…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwlcke, S.m.) Indecent Behavior

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 2

Stanley George Jones, 42, fitter, was fined £2, or four days' Imprisonment, (or indecent behavior in Newcomen St. on Mar. 12…

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Year's Gaol For Fraud

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Doolan, S.M., to-day gaoled for a year a man who obtained £42 from shopkeepers by pretending that…

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Man Charged With Infanticide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Kevin James Miller, 32, was charged in the Criminal Court to-day with the murder of his 12-month-old…

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Youth Committed On Theft Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 3

An 18-year-old laborer was committed for trial in Newcastle Court today on a charge of breaking, entering and…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 6

REMANDED.—John Robert Ward, 24, mechanic, was remanded till Wednesday on £50 bail on a charge of having received, at Auburn about…

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Man Killed 2 Babies, Police Allege

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Kevin James Miller, 32, had admitted killing his two children, Senior Detective Mooney said in…

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Assaulted Wife At Court; Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 3

An assault within the precincts of the court committed on one of the parties in a court action was so serious that it…

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Court Told Of Dandelion, Thistle Salads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.—John Richard Thompson Jenyns told the Supreme Court to-day that his mother had served him unpalatable…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. T. H. D. See, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 7

FOR TRIAL.—Edward O'Brien, 18, labourer, was committed for trial at Newcastle Sessions on April 3 on a charge of having broken into the…

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Police Say Assault Victim May Die

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: A man who may die from head injuries he received in an Erskineville street last night was the victim of a brutal and unprovoked assault. This was stated at Newtown…

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Australian Sentenced By Japanese

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1951 · page 1

TOKYO, March 16. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Kenneth William Gibbons, the first Australian tried by a Japanese court since the war, was…

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University "Rag" Death; 5 Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1951 · page 1

ADELAIDE Friday.—Five senior medical students at Adelaide University were remanded at Adelaide Police Court to-day on a…

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Man Found Guilty Of Baby Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Kevin James Miller, 32, chef, was found guilty by a Criminal Court jury to-day of having murdered his…

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Comic Court Wins Two-Horse Race

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 March 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY: Australia's champion racehorse, Comic Court, starting a 7/4 on favorite, had no trouble in winning the Chipping Norton Stakes by two and a half lengths today, making his record seven consecutive successes…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1951 · page 6

REMANDED.—Raymond John Skelly, 19, labourer, was remanded till Wednesday, on charges of having broken into the shop of William…

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Doctors Differ on Sanity Issue at Portland Murder Trial

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: In a murder trial in Central Criminal Court today two Macquarie-st. psychiatrists were in conflict on the question whether a 26-year-old quarry worker who had allegedly smothered two…

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Police Close In On U.S. Drug Rings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, March 18. A.A.P.—Nearly 80 persons had been gaoled in New York and Washington by last night as a result…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A Hardwicke, S.m.) Clothes in Custody

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 3

Percival Clyde Wilcher, 64, laborer, was fined £10 for having In his custody clothing which was reasonably suspected of being stolen…

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Assault Charge Dismissed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 6

Police offered no evidence in Newcastle Court yesterday against Ian Dowling Cupit, 21, salesman, on a charge of having assaulted a…

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